It Is Better To Adopt A Pet Than To Buy A Dog
A lot of people think that adopting a pet is a big hassle. Most people that I know believe that if you decide to adopt a pet, you will have to deal with all kinds of behavioral troubles. Adopting a dog or a cat, they say, is the surest way to have unnecessary trouble. Although this is true about some adoption rescue pets, it is not true about all of them. Some of them have been severely abused or mistreated, but others are perfectly healthy, happy pets who need a home. The decision to adopt a pet can be one of the most rewarding ones that you can make. I guarantee that you will not regret it.
I first decided to adopt a pet dog about six months to go. I had thought about buying a new dog from an animal breeder, but one of my friends told me that this was a bad idea. If you buy purebred dogs, after all, you can run into all kinds of genetic problems. You see, dogs from pure breeds tend to be severely inbred. This can cause major health concerns later in life. When I decided to adopt a boxer puppy, I knew that I was not going to get a purebred dog. Nonetheless, I loved her. I was happy to adopt a pet, because I knew that she needed help. The pure breed dogs will always be able to find someone to own them, but the ones up for adoption do not have this chance.
Sometimes, when you adopt a pet you are literally saving it from death. After all, the animal shelters can only hold so many dogs, cats, rabbits, and other animals for so long. After that, they have to be put to death. When you adopt a pet, it is one less animal that will have to be given an injection. In my opinion, this is a great humanitarian act.
I don’t understand how people can justify buying a dog or cat when there are so many out there that need to be adopted. To me it just does not make sense. It only encourages the further breeding of pets, which in turn leads to more unwanted animals. When you adopt a pet, you do a little bit to save one animal from this vicious cycle. I hope this has convinced you to adopt pets, but if it hasn’t, I understand. Owning a pet isn’t for everyone.
John Mailer
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July 28th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Myth: Shelter pets are obviously not good pets, or else their original owners wouldn’t have gotten rid of them
If the main reason why a pet gets brought to rescue shelters was because they were a *bad* pet, there would be thousands of empty shelters across the country. Animals are brought to shelters for a large variety of reasons, some of which are…
Their owners have passed away
An irresponsible owner didn’t get their pets spayed or neutered so they found themselves with a litter of babies that they could not keep or did not want
The animal’s owners were abusive to the animal, so the authorities have removed the pet from the harmful environment
An animal was purchased or adopted by someone who did not take into consideration all of the responsibility that caring for that pet would entail. A good example of this would be someone who adopts a pet in an apartment complex that does not allow animals and then is subsequently forced to get rid of the pet.
Myth: Animals from abusive homes will never be good pets because they have been mistreated for so long
Most animals coming from abusive homes will typically make a full emotional recovery – with proper care and attention. In fact, many of them are so grateful to be rescued from their previous situation, they end up being more devoted and loyal than animals coming from non-abusive homes.
Myth: You never know what you’re getting with shelter pets
Although its true that the medical history and temperament of an animal adopted from a rescue shelter are not always able to be tracked down, its really no different than an animal you might get from a pet store, unless you are buying a pedigree.
Myth: All animals in rescue shelters are sickly or unhealthy
Once again, it certainly IS possible that a pet adopted from a rescue shelter may have medical problems, however the majority of the animals that are adopted from shelters are perfectly healthy, and just need a good home. If anything, you’re more likely to get an honest answer about an animal’s medical problems from a shelter volunteer – who is clearly there because they *care* about the animals – as opposed to a pet store owner or breeder that is only it in for the money. Additionally, animals in shelters are typically treated much better than animals in pet stores, which have often spent their short lives in cramped environments with little socializing and often, unsanitary conditions.
To illustrate the point a little more clearly, when you go to a pet store, the animals are kept on display in tiny cages, often with multiple animals in one cage. When you go to a shelter, you will usually find much bigger animal pens, where the animals have some room to move
Benefits of Rescuing a Pet
1.There are numerous benefits with providing a good home to a pet who needs it. An obvious benefit is the rewarding experience associated with saving an animal’s life. This good act is returned several times over by the loving and devoted nature of the canine or feline family member who improves the lives of his/her guardians by providing companionship, loyalty and love – to name but three things. Other benefits of adopting a dog or cat in need of a good home include:
2.The cost of adopting a pet at an animal shelter is usually inexpensive compared to buying one from a breeder or pet store. Often animals adopted from shelters have already been neutered or there is some economic incentive to have the animal neutered. Most of these animals have also been wormed and vaccinated.
3.Adopting a companion animal from a shelter means you are helping, and not contributing to, the pet overpopulation problem.
4.Adopting a mature dog or cat means that you do not have to go through the demanding stage of raising a puppy or kitten.
With a mature pet you have a good idea of the animal’s temperament and you know the animal’s adult size, hair coat etc.
5.Mature pets are often house-trained (although some mistakes will likely occur until the animal is used to his/her new family, home and routine) and may even have some basic training.
6.Providing the animals get along, an adopted pet can be good company for other pets.
7.Shelter animals have beautiful temperaments and want to please their new guardians.
While there are many benefits to adopting a rescued pet, there may be a minor concern or two. Depending on how the animal has been treated, he/she may require a little more time, understanding and guidance before being totally comfortable with his/her new family and home. However, with patience, love, understanding and a good training program, even pets with rough pasts become well-behaved family members – if they aren’t already!
References :
http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/animal_adoption/adoption_myths.php
http://www.wpahumane.org/PetsWithAPast.html
The major reason not to buy — supporting the industry
You may wish to "rescue" a pet shop puppy. That’s completely understandable. We all feel sorry for them.
But your good intentions will backfire, because you are feeding the industry by rewarding it with money.
You’ve emptied one cage, yes — which creates demand for yet another litter to be produced to fill that cage. Even if you’re very, very lucky, and your one individual puppy turns out okay, a large percentage of the others will not — and YOU provided the incentive for them to be born by buying the one who came before them.
So what seems like a simple, isolated purchase actually contributes to:
The misery of adult females who spend their lives in a cage, being bred again and again to provide puppies that you and others can buy
The misery of these future puppies born with health and temperament problems
The misery of future families who buy these puppies and then try to cope with the health and temperament problems
The misery of animal rescue groups trying to deal with the flood of pet shop puppies dumped on their doorstep because families gave up on the health and temperament problems
http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/buying/articles/petshops-and-pet-stores.html
July 28th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Adopting saves a poor creature from sure death and believe me they know it.Their love will bring you happiness forever.I know,I own one!
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July 28th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Adopt. Buying just means that there will be more unloved dogs in the shelter. People dont drop dogs in shelters because they are bad pets.
People drop them off in a shelter because they dont love them, dont want the responsibility and people abandon them because they’re cruel bastards. All shelter dogs are put down in a week, so adopt your dog from a shelter. Get it from a trusted shelter so its neutered
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July 28th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Do whatever you want to!
If no one bought those little puppies then they would only end up killed, abandoned or in shelters anyway!
People say it is best to adopt because the animals in shelter need a loving hom which is true, but the puppies do too. Every dog has an equal need for a loving, caring home so get whichever dog you like!
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July 28th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Why is it better to adopt a animal?
I want to get a dog and i don’t know if i should adopt or buy i’m thinking about adopting but i don’t know. People say it’s better to adopt than buy if this is true state why you would rather adopt than buy a animal. P.S this is my first dog so if you could give me a few pointers that would help me out.I would really appreciate it,Thanks.